Hi All New to this mail list and python in general, but I have in the past participated in the Java Ranch - Cattle Drive
http://www.javaranch.com/java-college.jsp The exercises start off easy enough, but the markers are sticklers for their style guide and on good quality code. I haven't seen any thing like this for Python (but I haven't looked too hard) On 20 May 2016 at 09:27, Derek O'Connell <d...@doconnel.f9.co.uk> wrote: > I doubt I need to preach about it here but I'd still liked to suggest > starting by simply having fun! If your friend has a personal > interest/hobby where programming can be used for exploration then grab a > module that does most of the grunt work and start hacking away at the > examples for his own purposes. It's the best and quickest way to get new > programmers over that initial hump without swamping them. If he has > absolutely no experience then I'd even suggest something like Scratch* > to begin with to get the general idea of translating ideas into code. I > also love Jupyter notebooks for this situation so that personal (rich) > notes can be kept local to code as learning progresses. > > * It's easy to transition from Scratch to Python while still having fun > with the help of modules such as https://github.com/pilliq/scratchpy > > Btw, I would be really interested to hear fun and practical links > between philosophy and programming for learning purposes. Of course > there's a long history linking philosophy, maths and programming. Books > like "Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid" might provide some > inspiration. > > -D > > On 18/05/16 10:59, John via python-uk wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > A philosopher friend of mine wants to transition into working as a > software > > developer (paying work in philosophy being a bit rare). He lives in > London, > > and is considering signing up for one of the Coding "Bootcamps" that > > various organisations run. I wondered if any of you have any > > recommendations you could make, and indeed whether any of these bootcamps > > teach Python? > > > > Thanks, > > > > John > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > python-uk mailing list > > python-uk@python.org > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >
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